Nathan DeWolf

1720 - 1789  (69 years)

• Name	Nathan DeWolf
  Birth	1720	Saybrook, New London, CT
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Mar 1789	Horton, Kings, NS
  Burial		Old Wolfville Cemetery, Wolfville, NS
  Person ID	I1106	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Josiah DeWolf,   b. 15 Jun 1685, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT
  Mother	Anne Waterman,   b. Apr 1689, Norwich, New London, CT d. 21 Dec 1752, Lyme, New London, CT (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1713
  Family ID	F453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lydia Kirtland,   b. 28 Oct 1721, Saybrook, New London, CT d. 30 Jun 1770, Horton, Kings, NS (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1749
  Children	1. Lucilla DeWolf,   c. 22 Sep 1751, East Haddam, New London, CT   2. Edward DeWolf,   b. 1752, Saybrook, New London, CT   3. Loran DeWolf,   b. 7 Apr 1754, Saybrook, New London, CT d. 22 Nov 1835 (Age 81 years)   4. Elisha DeWolf,   b. 5 May 1756, Saybrook, New London, CT d. 1837 (Age 80 years)   5. Nathan DeWolf,   b. Saybrook, New London, CT
  Family ID	F938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2011

  
  

  Family 2	Anna Prentice,   b. 4 May 1730, New London, New London, CT   [1, 2]
  Marriage	12 Oct 1770	Horton, Kings, NS
  Children	1. Gurden DeWolf,   b. 11 Sep 1771, Horton, Kings, NS d. 10 Oct 1772, Horton, Kings, NS (Age 1 year) + 2. Sarah DeWolf,   b. 10 Oct 1773, Horton, Kings, NS d. 25 Dec 1865 (Age 92 years)   3. Jonathan DeWolf,   b. 1772/1776, Horton, Kings, NS d. At Sea
  Histories		Prentice Family Genealogy
  		Nathan DeWolf Bio in "The History of King's County"
  Family ID	F225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Nathan DeWolf Gravestone In Memory of / Nathan Dewolf Esq / who died March 21st / 1789 Aged 69 Years

  
  

• Notes

  from Biographical sketches of the graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, October, 1701-May, 1745 by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, 1885 Nathan Dewolf was the son of Josiah Dewolf, and grandson of Simon and Sarah (Lay) Dewolf, all of Lyme, Connecticut. His mother was Anne, youngest daughter of Thomas and Miriam (Tracy) Waterman, of Norwich. A younger brother was graduated here in 1747. Nathan joined the church in Lyme, at the same time with his father, in June 1741. This is probably the Nathan Dewolf, of Saybrook, who enlised as a private soldier and served as commissary in the expedition against Crown Point in 1755. He married Lydia, daughter of John and Lydia (Belden) Kirtland, of Saybrook, and the births of five children are on record (1752-60) there. In 1781, with others of his kindred, he took advantage of the inducements lately offered by the government of Nova Scotia, and removed to a tract of five hundred acres vacated by the unfortunate Acadian exiles. He became a prosperous farmer, and died there. His name was starred (by mistake) in the Triennial Catalogue of 1757, but the star was removed in the next issue; it was restored in 1775, removed in 178, and not finally inserted until 1799. Authorities, Mrs. E.E. Salisbury, MS. letters, May, 1885. from "Family histories and genealogies, Vol. 2, including families of De Wolf and others" by Edward & Evelyn Salisbury, 1892 Nathan De Wolf, at the time of the census of 1770, was a successful tiller of the soil. His legal practice did not interfere with his agricultural pursuits. He was for many years senior Justice of the Peace for King's County, N. S., havng received his commission 13th March 1767. He was Registrar of Probate, and took an active part in all public affairs. He died at Horton, 21st March 1789, aged sixty-nine years. His residence was on the east side of the main post-road, opposite to the present (1887) Baptist church, at Wolfville. The census-returns of 1770 give a detailed account of his farm-produce and stock, while the records of his native town show that he owned several tracts of land in Connecticut prior to his removal.

  
  

• Sources

  [S87] Binney, C. J. F., The history and genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss family : in New England, etc., from 1631 to 1883 , (Boston: The editor, 1883), pg 271-285. [S116] Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, The History of King's County, (Salem, Mass: The Salem Press Company, 1910), pg 632-633.